Growing up my mom made all of our ornaments. She made angels, snow babies, gingerbread men, icecicles, and the list goes on. Last year when I opened the precious box I keep them in, I noticed one of them had broken. It is a horrible feeling!

Other than all the pretty homemade ornaments, there is another special one on the tree. After Daddy passed away, I was in the Hallmark store. They were starting to put out their ornaments. I saw an Eeyor ornament. Eeyor was a family nickname for Daddy. Of course I had to get it. So much of my Christmas tree has my mother's handy work, it is nice to see the little Eeyor to remind me of Daddy and smile.

One year my mom, my two sisters and me sat around and made ornaments. We had a great time.

Sadly, my mom has them all and I don't get home to see her at Chrismas time very often anymore. This year I will be home the weekend before Christmas, I might just snag a couple of those ornaments we all made so very long ago.

Forgot to answer your question ... a tradition my daughter and I started last year is to go to the local pottery shop and each paint an ornament. I then paint our names and the year on the back. This year's should be ready for pickup - I can't wait to see how they turned out!! I think it will be really neat to see how her art progresses, since she was 2 1/2 last year when we started.

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